Jarrod Parker News

With the exception of a ballplayer's parents, wife and youth coaches, no one sweats the ups and downs of his career more than the scout who signed him to his first professional contract.

Following a disappointing series against the Los Angeles Angels in which the Oakland Athletics only managed to score a total of three runs and were held to just 10 hits in the three-game series, the A's need to address their struggling offense.

Adam Lind is still not good at baseball, and still in the minors. Honestly, I'm amazed enough people owned Lind for him to top the most cut list two weeks in a row.

Had things worked out differently, Ryan Cook might be zipping around in a stock car right now instead of zinging fastballs past American League hitters.

The Orioles finally heeded the call of prospect hounds everywhere when they promoted uber pitching prospect Dylan Bundy on Wednesday.

OAKLAND – Manny Ramirez will play along the shores of the Sacramento River on Friday night for the River Cats, but his steroid-tainted hitting skills are desperately needed in Oakland.

Well, that was disappointing. The A's fall under .500 tonight and lose the series to the Angels because their offense basically....sucks. After getting 1-hit last night, the A's are three-hit tonight, and it's only because one of those hits was a homerun did the game even continue past nine innings.

If Athletics rookie Jarrod Parker needs any help with bouncing back from the worst start of his young career, studying Jered Weaver's most recent effort for the Angels would be a good place to start.

A's rookie Jarrod Parker, 23, has allowed just five runs in three starts when pitching at his home park in Oakland.

San Francisco, CA -- The Giants picked up where they left off Thursday and got off to another impressive start for the offense.

It's almost the end of May, but voting for this year's Major League Baseball All-Star Game is already under way.

Now that we hit the 1Q mark of the season, it would be good to see how well our top prospects are performing and what "sleepers" has open some eyes around the minors.

It was exactly one year ago that the A's put Brandon McCarthy on the DL with aA shoulder issue, and another one landed him back there today.

The first place Dodgers once again take on the third place Diamondbacks .Since the last time these two teams faced off, the Dodgers took 4 of 5 from the Padres and Cardinals , and the Diamondbacks dropped 3 of 5 from the Rockies and Royals .

Assuming Mesa native Mickey Hatcher wasn't the Angels' hitters problem, it looks like the Diamondbacks got a darn good interleague draw this season.

Well, you can't say that the A's rolled over. Down by as many as 7 runs at one point, the A's ended the game with the winning run at the plate, and the tying run at first.

The A's hoped the often powerful duo of confidence and momentum gained out of a win in one unfriendly ballpark would lead to a victory in another.

With a 2.53 ERA and .213 opponents' batting average, the Barry Zito who will take the mound Friday night in San Francisco has looked a lot more like the ace who anchored Oakland's rotation and won a Cy Young Award a decade ago.

Acquired from the Athletics in the offseason for Jarrod Parker, Cahill began his D-backs career on the right foot, allowing just two earned runs over his first 13 1/3 innings with the club.

Several top MLB prospects have already made their way to the majors early in the 2012 season.